Uh, oh. My first blog and I am already in hot water. Well, I did grow up in the South where Religion and everything else is fair conversational fodder. Even when buying a house. Clients do sometimes indicate that they might want to pray over a decision to purchase even the best deals that seem to jump off the page of being best price square footage in the best Subdivisions. Then why pray over it, you and I might ask? Go figure. Sometimes I have been asked as their Realtor to join em in praying that God would move a few resources here and there to open some ugly doors for a new beginning. There are some folks who are challenged enough in their thinking that they believe that a higher power might be involved in everyday matters of real estate. Usually these are the type of folk who check out the schools, neighborhood, crime statistics, commute to work, and the drive to church or synagogue. Have you ever had Clients like this? They don't make decisions based just on the surface economics of the house being a good deal. They try to look at the big picture.
Recently I had some clients who bought a home in an area of town that everything looked worthless and crime ridden. The schools were a joke. But they prayed about it and bought in so that they could be some sort of resource to the area. I am trying to imagine what kind of Real Estate course could cover the topic of selling to folks who go looking for trouble so that they can 'bless' a subdivision. So I guess the subject of Religion and Real Estate is a little bigger than the semantics of telling every salesman to 'be afraid of 'Religious Talk.' I'm not bothered or worried when a Realtor throws down the gauntlet and wants to stay out of such talk. It can get messy, especially if your Clients want to pray with you or for you, and you aren't much inclined to get mixed up with any prayer ideas directed toward your daily job of being a Realtor.
I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me. phil 4:13
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